Pensamento geossistêmico e planejamento turístico: uma proposta para o Circuito das Terras Altas da Mantiqueira, sudeste do Brasil

Abstract

The following work aims to propose a zoning of the Circuito Turístico das Terras Altas da Mantiqueira - Southeast of Brazil, by conducting a study of the tourism potential of geosystemic, territorial and landscape aspects. The locality is a group of eight municipalities, with their own physical and cultural characteristics, that raise the interest of tourists in visiting the locality in search of natural attractions, climatic aspects and local culture. To arrive at the proposal, complex thinking is used as a way to epistemologically align the approach of the General Theory of Systems, Tourism and Geography. The main methodological reference is Bertrand's GTP (Geosystems - Territory - Landscape), which presents these three entries as a basis for understanding the geographic space. The geosystemic aspects seek to present the complex relationships, that involve the physical environment, the territorial aspects work the region as a hybrid and the landscape as a parallax of the multitemporality of the first two entries. As a result, the work generated a zoning map of the Mantiqueira Highlands in three units: areas influenced by conservation units, with great potential for the development of tourist activities in natural areas; an area with a predominance of activities in the primary sector, with great potential for tourism in rural areas and areas with a predominance of urban structures with material traces of historical occupation processes. These units are subdivided into subunits, according to their characteristics. The proposal created a technical / scientific subsidy to help with tourism planning in the locality.